The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1406

[1406. Chapter 1335: Easy to catch]

Jifan’s words made Emperor Hongzhi very dissatisfied.

This guy…

is good at everything but lazy.

You have so many ways to make money, why don’t you stay on the right path?

Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help but feel disappointed when he saw that Fang Jifan seemed to be single-mindedly selling his flowers.

What a good boy, gone astray.

It’s just that as the emperor, it’s not convenient for him to ‘enlighten’ him.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled: “Well, I’m waiting for your Jingfu to show off some skills. If you continue to do nothing like this, I will punish you.”

Fang Jifan then saluted: “I obey the order.”

Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao said goodbye and left.

Zhu Houzhao defended Fang Jifan: “Old Fang, my father is too unjust. I want to punish you, a great hero, just because you are a little lazy. What does this mean?”

Fang Jifan said with emotion: “Maybe it’s because Your Majesty is crazy about money.”

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao thought it was reasonable and grinned: “Haha… I have always suspected that I am not my biological child, but now that I heard it, I feel… well… maybe I am really my biological child. Yes, I am crazy about money. Why is it so difficult to sell some land and earn some money?”

He saw Fang Jifan frowning: “Old Fang, what are you thinking about?”

Fang Jifan said worriedly: “I’m worried about Bai Lian .

Teacher, we are not afraid of thieves, but we are afraid that thieves will remember them. They have stolen so much gunpowder, and they must have a big plan. Like me, I have made great achievements, and I am the Duke of the country. I have a very high reputation among the people. Everyone is grateful to me. Aren’t these people a thorn in the side of these White Lotus cult bandits? They must get rid of me quickly. Only by killing me can they feel free to commit trouble. I am a little worried, not only for myself, but also for Her Royal Highness and the Princess. Your safety, if they succeed, it will be terrible. My life will be lost. It is our successor’s lifelong wish to die for the country and to be loyal to the court until the end of his life. But when I think about it, , If there were no me in this world, how many people would suffer, thinking of this makes me very anxious.”

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while: “Why don’t the White Lotus cult bandits want to assassinate me? I am also very important. “

Sweater, I have a good reputation…”

Fang Jifan glared at Zhu Houzhao: “Your Highness, do you still have time to joke around? A disaster is imminent, and you are still jealous.”

“Okay, okay,” Zhu Houzhao said. Fang Jifan argued and said: “This is easy to handle. You can send more trustworthy guards to protect you at any time. Don’t worry, if the manpower is still insufficient, I will also allocate a group of guards from the East Palace. What are you afraid of? But instead of being passive “

It’s better to take the initiative and catch all these bandits.”

Fang Jifan nodded and said, “I think so too. I will order Wang Jinyuan to investigate the actions of these thieves. If they dare to come to the capital, I will tell them to leave.”

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said happily: “That’s right, so I told you not to worry. You are like this.”

Fang Jifan said: “I am doing this for the common people. The common people can’t live without me. If I don’t have ministers, who will help me?” The people are building houses to live in.”

Zhu Houzhao was silent for a long time: “Actually… I can inherit your legacy.”

Fang Jifan: “…”

When

Wang Jinyuan heard that someone was going to assassinate the young master, he almost became nervous. It’s going to explode.

He consciously felt that he was the confidant among the young master’s confidants, and those rebellious ministers and traitors would be the first to attack him, so he hurriedly summoned the students from all over the new city and ordered them to investigate the culprits.

These students have very good relations with many victims and are almost the mouthpieces of the victims. When they saw Wang Jinyuan sighing, someone said: “These thieves are so bold. Shopkeeper Wang, don’t worry. There are so many people around the master to protect him. You can come if you think so.” It’s safe.”

Wang Jinyuan stamped his feet: “But I don’t have hundreds of guards around me to protect me at all times, so I have to catch the thieves quickly, otherwise, I predict that these thieves will definitely attack me. I am the young master’s side. Once I am gone, the young master’s confidant will be inconvenienced, just like breaking the young master’s arm. If they fail to assassinate the young master, they will definitely turn their ideas on me, so… they must act quickly, half a minute There is no time to wait. The young master has already made it clear that he will issue a reward immediately. In addition, everyone in the new city must be mobilized to ensure that these thieves do not have the opportunity to take advantage of it.”

After hearing this, everyone felt that it was reasonable.

They all looked at Wang Jinyuan with sympathy.

Immediately afterwards, everyone began to recite the characteristics of this White Lotus cult bandit, such as how he usually behaved, what statues were enshrined in his home, and his tone of voice…

After they wrote them down one by one, they began to walk from house to house to inform each house.

The original victims had already settled in the capital.

The vast majority of people already have jobs and the canteen has been withdrawn. Because they have the ability to support their families, they no longer need assistance.

Although life in this capital is hard, it is infinitely better than before.

Not only that, many people began to get preferential loans from Xishan Bank, and with only a small down payment, they bought houses built by Xishan Jianye.

Of course, this kind of house cannot be compared with the ones near Miyagi City. In fact, the house is like a small box, about the size of a palm, with a radius of less than ten feet. The selling price is only eighty or ninety taels of silver. How much did you pay? Two silver coins, and the rest will be paid back slowly.

But no matter what, everyone always has a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

Nearby, there are hospitals, schools, neat roads, and even… even Shuntian Mansion has moved here, which has caused the house price of eighty-nine taels of silver to rise to more than one hundred and twenty taels.

As a result, many people began to feel happy. After all, there was hope in life.

In this era, for the common people, hope is an extremely luxurious thing.

The vast majority of people, in a small cave, will never be able to travel within a radius of thirty miles in their entire life. The farthest they can go is just the market. Studying is out of the question, even if the family works hard. , You still need to bear heavy chores, but what you can get in exchange is just enough food to survive. And if you encounter any natural disaster, there is a risk that the whole family will die.

Therefore, in every disaster year, countless sallow and skinny children have grass tags inserted into their heads and are sold at almost exorbitantly low prices, but no one cares about them. Even in a good year, the price of a person is higher, but the price is still not much higher.

In this era, it is forbidden to slaughter cattle at will, because cattle are extremely precious resources. In comparison, most of the time, the price of a person in Yaxing is not even as much as a cow.

At this time, as soon as they heard that someone was going to assassinate Duke Qi, the people in the new city immediately exploded.

As a result, everyone’s eyes seemed to be on guard, and whenever outsiders came or felt something unusual, they would report it to the official without hesitation.

Shuntian Mansion was overcrowded with people who came to report to the official. There were also busy officers who listened to the descriptions of the visitors and then determined whether they were suspicious. After that, there were people who were responsible for arresting them.

The whole new city is in full swing.

In one day, more than 300 suspicious people were arrested.

In the old city, things were not much better. Even on the train station platform, which was the busiest place with the largest flow of people, personnel from the new city and old city soldiers and horses departments began to conduct inquiries one after another.

The whole capital was in a state of panic.

Jin Yiwei is… a little confused.

Mou Bin originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to achieve great success. He had already ordered thousands of households to start taking action. There were tens of thousands of people in the Jinyi Guards. With so many people, he thought he would be able to capture them this time, but who would have expected…

“Commander Mou…I have been watching a salesman for a long time and thought he was suspicious, so I have been following him secretly. I wanted to see who else he was in contact with, but who would have expected that he would be arrested by Shuntian Mansion this morning?” He took it away. It is said that someone else reported him, but he has not been released yet.”

“There is another shop, Xincheng Qianhusuo. I have been paying attention to them, but at noon, a group of policemen came roaring over… “

The worst thing is Liu Qianhu. In order to show his face in front of the commander, Liu Qianhu decided to take a few of his brothers, disguised as ordinary people, and conduct secret investigations in the streets and alleys. But who knew, I don’t know which unscrupulous person reported him. In all likelihood, he felt that Liu Qianhu and others were suspicious, so more officers came. These officers from Shuntian Prefecture were very vicious. Liu When the thousands of households saw that something was wrong and floods rushed into the Dragon King Temple, they wanted to escape. When the thousands of households shouted, dozens or hundreds of police officers and idle men on the roadside chased them out of the four streets. He held down and was beaten so hard that blood was spit out. Liu Qianhu wanted to reveal his identity, but they still didn’t believe it. He whirred and slapped him a few times, saying that if he was Jin Yiwei, why did he run away? He must be a thief. , the people on the side also followed, and were taken to Shuntian Mansion. When they came back, there were no bruises on their bodies.”

Mou Bin: “…”

“Commander Mou, the brothers here are still alive. How to check? Now the spies don’t dare to go out for fear of being regarded as religious gangsters. The spies go to the streets, but before they can find anyone suspicious, the person is taken away. There is nothing they can do.”

Mou Bin took a deep breath .

One breath.

In the past, how could he think highly of Shuntian Mansion?

But it’s different now. He doesn’t dare to provoke Shuntian Mansion and Liu Qianhu at all. If in the past, the flood washed away the Dragon King Temple, the Jin Yiwei would definitely not give up. But now…

Mou Bin found that he couldn’t even scream now. They didn’t even dare to say a word.

No matter how fierce the Jin Yiwei is, can he be more fierce than the prince, or more fierce than Fang Jifan?

Mou Bin frowned: “The factory guards are increasingly ignored by Your Majesty. If you can’t even do this as well as Shuntian Mansion, haven’t you heard the latest news from outside? If you don’t make decisions for the people as an official, it’s better to go home and sell sweet potatoes.” If we can’t handle this task, we will really have to go home and sell sweet potatoes.”

(End of chapter)